Anders Breivik's trial will only vindicate Norway's liberal legal system |...
No punishment can ever fit Breivik's crime. If we stay true to the values of Norwegian society, it will strengthen us as a nationThis week Anders Behring Breivik has begun to explain his actions of 22...
View ArticleHow true are Breivik's claims?
In his statement to court in Oslo, terrorist Anders Breivik made a number of bold assertions. Do they have any basis in fact?Claim "Three out of five Englishmen believe that the UK has turned into a...
View ArticleAbu Qatada to be deported, says Theresa May
Cleric is served with fresh deportation notice after UK and Jordan strike deal but is not expected to leave for months A deal struck between Britain and Jordan will clear the way for the deportation of...
View ArticleHillary Clinton on open and closed societies - video
US secretary of state tells conference that countries can only become more secure if they are open
View ArticleAbu Qatada: taking the Brighton line
Theresa May was right to reject the calls of rightwing boneheads to simply put Qatada on a planeJustice delayed is justice denied. But justice rushed can be justice discredited too. That is the danger...
View ArticleAnders Breivik: the victims' voices
Survivors of the Utoya and Oslo attacks reflect on Anders Breivik's words on the second day of his trialPropped up outside Oslo's central court on Tuesday afternoon, Eivind Thoresen reflected on all...
View ArticleSteve Bell on the Abu Qatada case
Cleric is served with fresh deportation notice after UK and Jordan strike deal but is not expected to leave for monthsSteve BellThe Guardian
View ArticleWhy I'm suing the US government to protect internet freedom | Birgitta...
The NDAA means the US military can put anyone under suspicion of being a terror threat and detain them for everFreedom for most people is something sacred, and many have been willing to sacrifice their...
View ArticleAnders Behring Breivik's court statement 'an explanation not a speech', says...
After day two of Anders Behring Breivik's trial, defence lawyer Geir Lippestad explains the importance of allowing the killer to give his statement to the court
View ArticleThe TSA's mission creep is making the US a police state | Jennifer Abel
The out-of-control Transportation Security Administration is past patdowns at airports – now it's checkpoints and roadblocksEver since 2010, when the Transportation Security Administration started...
View ArticleRendition: Straw in the wind | Editorial
Power has always corrupted, and the British state is not and never has been immunePower has always corrupted, and the British state is not and never has been immune. On Wednesday, the Guardian revealed...
View ArticleAnders Breivik prefers execution over 'pathetic' jail term
Gunman tells Oslo court he would rather face capital punishment than the maximum sentence of 21 yearsAnders Behring Breivik would rather be executed than receive Norway's "pathetic" maximum punishment...
View ArticleAbu Qatada appeal halts deportation
Radical cleric's lawyers thwart home secretary with 11th-hour appeal to European court of human rightsA furious dispute over missed deadlines has broken out between London and Strasbourg after the...
View ArticleBaghdad and Kirkuk hit by deadly bomb blasts
At least 15 people killed in series of explosions in Shia areas of Iraqi capital and ethnically mixed northern cityA series of morning blasts in the Iraqi capital and the northern city of Kirkuk has...
View ArticleAnders Breivik 'trained' for shooting attacks by playing Call of Duty
Breivik tells court he practised his shot using a 'holographic aiming device' while playing video gameAnders Behring Breivik has described how he "trained" for the attacks he carried out in Norway last...
View ArticleTheresa May under fire over handling of Abu Qatada deportation
Home secretary faces ridicule in Commons over disagreement about deadline for cleric's deportation appealThe embarrassed home secretary, Theresa May, has spent more than an hour under fire in the...
View ArticleBreivik: I shot Utøya victims because EU law made it hard to make bombs
Gunman says he initially planned three car bombs, but making one explosive device was 'more difficult than I thought'Anders Behring Breivik has claimed he did not want to carry out the gun massacre...
View ArticlePoll: Should Breivik have been allowed to expound his ideas in court?
Anders Behring Breivik's trial has given him the opportunity to explain to the court, at some length, why he carried out the attack that killed 69 people. Is Norway's criminal justice system getting it...
View ArticleHunt for Joseph Kony will kill more innocent people, charities warn
Military plans to capture LRA leader will trigger retaliatory attacks on civilians and endanger child soldiers, say NGOsCharities working in the central African regions violated by the Lords Resistance...
View ArticleTheresa May stands firm on Abu Qatada deadline – video
Being questioned by shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, in the commons, the home secretary, Theresa May, insists the European court of human rights should decline the appeal against deportation by...
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